Nano-ITX
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Nano-ITX is a computer motherboard
form factor first proposed by VIA Technologies
at CeBIT
in March 2003 , and implemented in late 2005. Nano-ITX boards measure 120 × 120 mm (4.7 × 4.7 in), and are fully integrated, very low power consumption motherboards with many uses, but targeted at smart digital entertainment devices such as PVR
s, set-top box
es, media centers
, car PCs, and thin devices.
There are four Nano-ITX motherboard product lines so far, VIA's EPIA
N, EPIA NL, EPIA NX, and the VIA EPIA NR. These boards currently have 5 processor speeds: 533 MHz, 800 MHz, 1 GHz, 1.2 GHz, and 1.5 GHz.
Motherboard
In personal computers, a motherboard is the central printed circuit board in many modern computers and holds many of the crucial components of the system, providing connectors for other peripherals. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple...
form factor first proposed by VIA Technologies
VIA Technologies
VIA Technologies is a Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated circuits, mainly motherboard chipsets, CPUs, and memory, and is part of the Formosa Plastics Group. It is the world's largest independent manufacturer of motherboard chipsets...
at CeBIT
CeBIT
CeBIT is the world's largest and most international computer expo. CeBIT is held each year on the world's largest fairground in Hanover, Germany, and is a barometer of the state of the art in information technology...
in March 2003 , and implemented in late 2005. Nano-ITX boards measure 120 × 120 mm (4.7 × 4.7 in), and are fully integrated, very low power consumption motherboards with many uses, but targeted at smart digital entertainment devices such as PVR
Digital video recorder
A digital video recorder , sometimes referred to by the merchandising term personal video recorder , is a consumer electronics device or application software that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card or other local or networked mass storage device...
s, set-top box
Set-top box
A set-top box or set-top unit is an information appliance device that generally contains a tuner and connects to a television set and an external source of signal, turning the signal into content which is then displayed on the television screen or other display device.-History:Before the...
es, media centers
Home theater PC
A Home Theater PC or Media Center appliance is a convergence device that combines some or all the capabilities of a personal computer with a software application that supports video, photo, music playback, and sometimes video recording functionality...
, car PCs, and thin devices.
There are four Nano-ITX motherboard product lines so far, VIA's EPIA
EPIA
VIA EPIA is a series of mini-ITX, nano-ITX and pico-ITX motherboards with integrated VIA processors...
N, EPIA NL, EPIA NX, and the VIA EPIA NR. These boards currently have 5 processor speeds: 533 MHz, 800 MHz, 1 GHz, 1.2 GHz, and 1.5 GHz.
See also
- Mini-ITXMini-ITXMini-ITX is a 17 x 17 cm low-power motherboard form factor developed by VIA Technologies in 2001. Mini-ITX is slightly smaller than microATX. Mini-ITX boards can often be passively cooled due to their low power consumption architecture, which makes them useful for home theater PC systems,...
- Pico-ITXPico-ITXPico-ITX is a PC motherboard form factor announced by VIA Technologies in January 2007 and demonstrated later the same year at CeBIT. The formfactor was transferred over to SFF-SIG in 2008. The Pico-ITX form factor specifications call for the board to be 10 × 7.2 cm , which is half the area...
- Mobile-ITXMobile-ITXMobile-ITX is the smallest x86 compliant motherboard form factor presented by VIA Technologies in December, 2009. The motherboard size is 60mm × 60mm. There are no computer ports on the CPU module and it is necessary to use an I/O carrier board. The design is intended for medical, transportation...
- EPIAEPIAVIA EPIA is a series of mini-ITX, nano-ITX and pico-ITX motherboards with integrated VIA processors...
, mini-ITX and nano-ITX motherboards from VIA - Ultra-Mobile PCUltra-Mobile PCAn ultra-mobile PC is a small form factor version of a pen computer, a class of laptop whose specifications were launched by Microsoft and Intel in spring 2006. Sony had already made a first attempt in this direction in 2004 with its Vaio U series, which was however only sold in Asia...
External links
- Jetway Computer Corp. J8F9 AMD Nano-ITX Mainboards Nano ITX Manufacturer, Mainboard OEMs, Daughterboards etc.
- VIA EPIA N-Series Nano-ITX Mainboard
- VIA EPIA NL-Series Nano-ITX Mainboard
- VIA EPIA NX-Series Nano-ITX Mainboard
- VIA EPIA NR-Series Nano-ITX Mainboard
- MiniMig Nano-ITX re-implementation of the Amiga 500